Marc Brickman Joins Steven Van Zandt in Renegade Nation

Renegade Nation, a diverse content creation, management, and distribution company, announces the appointment of Emmy-nominated director, producer, designer, and artist, Marc Brickman, as a full partner in Renegade Management, the artist management division of the company. Brickman will join Renegade Nation founder and musician / actor / producer Steven Van Zandt to oversee Renegade Management. Renegade Management is unique in that it is able to utilize all the divisions of Renegade Nation to promote artists across both traditional and digital media platforms, and helps create revenue for artists from all possible sources, including touring, merchandise, record sales, licensing, publishing, and more.

Brickman, also a full creative partner in Renegade Nation's subsidiary company, Renegade Circus, is currently touring Once Upon a Dream Starring The Rascals, the theatrical event written by Steven Van Zandt, and co-directed and co-produced by Van Zandt and Brickman. His diverse background also includes the show designs of artists and brands including: Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, Cirque du Soleil (Viva Elvis), Blue Man Group, John Mayer, Keith Urban, Barbara Streisand, Black Eyed Peas, Whitney Houston, and many more.

Most recently, Brickman's world-famous light artistry was seen live and broadcast to over 10 million viewers during the 37th annual Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular. Brickman was tapped as the "artist in residence" for the iconic Empire State Building, choreographing the newly installed LED lighting to sync to the music and show.

"Marc was one of the first light designers to bring a theatrical sensibility to rock," says Van Zandt. "I met him when he worked for a local kid named Bruce Springsteen where Marc presented his songs in a much more dramatic fashion than Bruce's unknown status required." Van Zandt continues, "When I came up with the concept of Once Upon A Dream Starring the Rascals I only called one guy. I said 'you ever done something like this before?' He said 'NO ONE has ever done something like this before! I'm in!' He ended up putting the entire production together for me and has been managing it on the road ever since our Broadway run without any credit. So it's time to make it official."

"I've always considered myself to be a 'rebel artist' and moving from the creative role within Renegade Circus to a more complex, management role has been a transformative experience that some might find surprising," says Brickman. "But what is most vital to my role and to Renegade is to keep rock and roll alive through as many diverse channels as possible. Steven's a renegade, I'm a rebel, and with his cause, I look forward to the challenges and rewards of becoming Steven's full time partner."

In addition to artist's management (Renegade Management) and live production (Renegade Circus), Renegade Nation also includes: radio production (Renegade Radio), television production (Renegade TV), music production (Renegade Productions), music distribution (Wicked Cool Records); film production (Renegade Films), music publishing (Interstellar Popcorn, Cosmic Boogaloo); music and radio production (Renegade Studios), and theater production (Renegade Theater) which produces Once Upon A Dream Starring The Rascals.